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Community Shares of Mid Ohio 614-299-3220
Long term solutions to community needs: Local charities
addressing health, jobs, safety, education, race relations, homelessness,
and the environment. Community-based, volunteer led agencies preventing
youth and family violence, homelessness, child abuse and neglect, and
hunger, and environmental devastation; protecting civil and human rights;
increasing media access, affordable housing, and safety.
ACLU of Ohio Foundation - Central
Ohio Chapter
216-472-2200
Dedicated to ensuring civil
liberties for all persons. Through education and litigation, defends
everyone’s constitutional rights and individual freedoms.
Asian
American Community Services 614-220-4023
Serves the diverse needs of
Asian-Americans in central Ohio through education, support services,
interpreting, tutoring programs, and ESO classes.
BRAVO
Buckeye Region Anti Violence Organization
614-294-7867
Works to eliminate violence perpetrated on the basis of sexual
orientation and/or gender identification through prevention, advocacy,
violence documentation, and survivor services.
Camp
Fire USA Central Ohio Council 614-481-8227
Provides opportunities for girls and boys 5-18 in inclusive and
interactive activities and camping programs to develop caring, confident
youth.
Capital
Area Humane Society 614-777-7387
Works
to find permanent loving homes for shelter animals; responds to calls of
animal abandonment, abuse, or neglect; administers feral cat program; and
protects neighborhoods from disease by helping to control stray and wild
animals.
Cat
Welfare 614-268-6096
No
kill shelter for cats; feline placement and adoption services; low-cost
spay/neuter program.
Center
for Wholeness
614-847-5608
Offers educational programs in wellness to all interested
people, including low income, and special programs for chronically
homeless women with mental health problems.
Central Ohio Green
Education Fund 614-855-1926; 614-261-7534
Engaged in educational
projects and activities designed to heighten social justice and
environmental awareness and encourage citizens to become involved in
creating a sustainable society.
City
Year Columbus 614-224-9569
A service organization uniting young leaders, ages 17 to 24,
for one year of full-time service, leadership development, and civic
engagement; focus on literacy initiatives.
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing
in Ohio
614-280-1984
Helps to ensure tomorrow is
better for thousands of homeless/low-income adults and children through
education, advocacy,` and assistance to local homeless/housing groups.
COSI
Center for Science and Industry Columbus 614-228-2674
Promotes community education for families and children in a hands-on,
interactive science center that makes learning about science, math,
history, industry, and health fun.
The
Free Press – Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism
614-253-2571
Publishes the Free Press
newspaper and website bringing progressive news about activism and
social justice issues to the public.
Court
Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Franklin County
614-462-7450
Trained 106 CASA volunteers
and assisted 502 critically abused and neglected children in court to
assure them safe, nurturing, and permanent homes.
Deaf
Services Center 614-841-1991
Committed to the betterment of the lives of deaf,
hard-of-hearing, and late-deafened individuals in Central and Southeastern
Ohio by providing case management, advocacy, legal help, peer support, and
systems change to individuals in need.
Enhanced
Life Styles Training Facility 614-562-6833
Provides ALS (Lou
Gehrig’s disease) patients and their families access to innovative
communications systems that give clients with disabilities alternative
ways to communicate.
Equal
Justice Foundation 614-221-9800
Provides legal
representation at no cost to disadvantaged persons in civil cases
challenging discriminatory practices in housing, employment, consumer
sales, and other areas.
Franklinton
Development Corporation 614-275-4988
Supplies affordable housing in Franklinton through purchase and
rehabilitation of run-down housing stock which is sold to low-income
homebuyers.
Friends
of the Scioto
Greater
Columbus Habitat for Humanity
614-414-0427
Builds
affordable homes for low-income families. Families perform sweat equity
and pay a zero-interest mortgage. Volunteers and families work together to
eliminate substandard housing.
Inn
at Broad 614-221-4571
Provides
secure housing for female-led single parent homeless families for 12-18
months, helps them establish an escrow account for permanent housing and
supports them as they move from supportive to permanent housing.
Interfaith
Center for Peace 614-294-9019
Conflict prevention, de-escalation, and resolution: teaching
skills for preschools, schools, churches, prisons, and community
organizations throughout Ohio; mediation training for students and adults;
diversity training.
Kaleidoscope
Youth Center 614-294-7886
Provides safe space for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth; a weapon,
drug, and alcohol free environment offering support groups, educational
and social programs.
League
of Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus Educational Fund
614-837-1089
Promotes informed voting;
provides 400,000 citizens with nonpartisan information on candidates and
issues, holds Candidates Nights, registers voters, provides information on
registration and voting districts.
Material
Assistance Providers 614-272-9544
Columbus’ only free furniture
bank, collects and distributes used furniture and household items for
families and individuals in need.
Mercy
For Animals 614-291-1299
Educates on the health benefits of vegetarian and vegan diets, the
links between animal and societal violence, and animal abuse and cruelty
in rodeos, factory farms, circuses, and animal sport fighting.
MOBILE
Mid Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment
614-443-5936; TTY 614-443-5957
Offers peer support, skill
development, information, advocacy, housing modifications while promoting
Independent Living in Central Ohio, encouraging self-determination and
leadership in the disability community.
Native
American Indian Center of Central Ohio 614-443-6120
Provides
social services to Mid Ohio’s Native American population including a
free food and clothing pantry and free weekly programming to deal with
drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse. Hosts two annual powwows, a source of
cultural and artistic pride where veterans and elders are honored.
NARAL/Ohio
Education Foundation 614-221-2594;
800-466-2725
Educating Ohio residents,
media, and policy makers in the preservation of women’s reproductive
choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy
children and choosing legal abortion.
Neighborhood
Services 614-297-0592
Provides food, emergency
assistance, friendly counsel, reliable referrals, and faithful advocacy to
needy neighbors in the Ohio State University area.
Niches
Retreat 740-596-4288
Fosters ecological awareness and personal well-being by providing
the environment, experiences, knowledge, and skills to live consciously
and healthfully in the natural world.
Ohio
Alliance for Arts Education 614-224-1060
A
statewide non-profit located at the Vern Riffe Center that addresses the
issue of arts education through advocacy, education, professional
development, building collaborations, and capacity building.
Ohio
Citizen Action Education Fund 614-487-7880
Educates
the community on environmental issues ranging from pollution prevention
and public health to campaign finance reform and energy policies.
Ohio
Domestic Violence Network 614 781-9651
Strengthens Ohio’s
response to domestic violence through education, training, and supporting
victims with crisis intervention/referral via a toll-free information
line.
Ohio
Ecological Food & Farm Association 614-421-2022
Promotes research and
education about organic, ecological, and sustainable food production for
consumers, gardeners, and farmers; organizes annual environmental farm
tours with OSU extension services
Ohio
League for the Mentally Retarded
740-704-6601 Represents
and advocates for persons with profound and severe mental retardation and
other developmental disabilities to receive rights and services that meet
their special needs.
Ohio
Literacy Network 614-505-0716
Increases adult literacy in
Ohio by creating public awareness of literacy issues and services and by
advocating for adult literacy programs and students.
Ohio NOW Education
and Legal Fund 614-447-1225
Seeks to eliminate gender
discrimination in employment, family law, reproductive rights, and
educational equity through emphasis on research, legal advocacy and
education.
Project
OpenHand-Columbus 614-437-2807
Provides free nutritional
services to people with HIV/AIDS in Franklin County and Ohio, including
home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and education, and a food
pantry.
Simply
Living 614-447-0296
Educates people to live
sustainably and adopt earth-friendly practices which improve quality of
life for all; offers classes, events, publications, and community resource
center.
Stonewall
Columbus 614-299-7764
Supports gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender people and our allies with services such as
community center, educational presentations, events, publications, and a
referral hotline.
Vietnam
Veterans of Ohio 614-294-1693
Provides information,
referral, and advocacy services for veterans and their families, including
incarcerated and homeless veterans.
Waldorf
Education Columbus 614-431-6000
Provides comprehensive education and a center of culture for
children and their families through preschool and kindergarten at the
Briar Rose Children's Center.
WrightChoice
Intern Program 614-802-2364
Non-profit
intern recruitment, development, and placement program that provides
social and economic empowerment targeted to minority students and students
with disABILITIES through lasting partnerships with businesses, schools,
and universities.
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